KUWAIT VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,144	1	2,325	+ 819
War	2	2,004	57	1	+ 2,003
Stroke	3	1,491	3	599	+ 892
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,146	4	340	+ 806
Low Birth Weight	5	988	13	158	+ 830
Birth Trauma	6	839	47	7	+ 831
Tuberculosis	7	770	34	31	+ 739
Hypertension	8	625	5	256	+ 369
Maternal Conditions	9	611	54	4	+ 607
Kidney Disease	10	515	8	204	+ 312
Road Traffic Accidents	11	472	2	649	- 177
Diabetes Mellitus	12	450	6	242	+ 208
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	435	49	6	+ 428
Congenital Anomalies	14	391	9	202	+ 189
Lung Disease	15	364	21	84	+ 280
Liver Disease	16	360	11	192	+ 168
Asthma	17	266	40	21	+ 245
Other Injuries	18	254	22	83	+ 171
Violence	19	252	23	75	+ 177
Meningitis	20	205	45	9	+ 196
Pertussis	21	165	63	0	+ 165
Breast Cancer	22	143	7	230	- 87
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	138	14	139	- 1
Suicide	24	123	18	122	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	118	43	14	+ 104
Stomach Cancer	26	117	25	72	+ 46
Oral Cancer	27	115	24	74	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	28	107	28	44	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	29	103	32	35	+ 68
Tetanus	30	98	66	0	+ 98
Encephalitis	31	93	52	4	+ 89
Lung Cancers	32	84	12	161	- 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	81	46	8	+ 73
Drownings	34	78	41	19	+ 58
Epilepsy	35	78	39	22	+ 56
Lymphomas	36	74	15	132	- 58
Falls	37	71	19	102	- 32
Hepatitis B	38	68	58	1	+ 67
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	58	10	198	- 140
Liver Cancer	40	51	16	129	- 78
Parkinson's Disease	41	49	36	29	+ 20
Leukemia	42	48	17	123	- 75
Malnutrition	43	46	60	0	+ 46
Cervical Cancer	44	42	33	32	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	45	41	31	36	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	46	36	48	7	+ 29
Poisonings	47	30	42	16	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	48	29	29	41	- 13
Measles	49	27	61	0	+ 27
Fires	50	27	38	28	- 0
Drug Use	51	26	30	38	- 13
Appendicitis	52	23	55	1	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	53	23	35	31	- 8
Bladder Cancer	54	21	27	52	- 31
Prostate Cancer	55	20	26	58	- 38
Pancreas Cancer	56	18	20	89	- 71
Malaria	57	15	78	0	+ 15
Alcohol	58	12	44	12	+ 0
Skin Cancers	59	11	37	28	- 17
Syphilis	60	7	64	0	+ 7
Skin Disease	61	7	53	4	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	50	5	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	2	51	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	59	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	56	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	62	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Afghanistan

Kuwait

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.